Pulp Fiction

When I first thought about a Marxist type film it took me sometime to figure out which film to pick. After some thought, it became clear that Pulp Fiction was the film to pick when I realized how Marxist this movie is. Pulp Fiction is a unique movie in structure, as it shows how many different stories converge and affect the other stories. This could be interpreted as a Marxist film is in the way that Joules and Vincent work for Marcellus Wallace. These two do some of Marcellus’s work, which includes getting his money, taking his wife out, and so on. This immediately shows who has power over whom. Vincent eventually has to take Marcellus’s wife out and he is dreading it because of it being his boss’s wife and thus adding some anxiety. He even says to himself that “nothing’s going to happen, just go out to dinner, and go home.” One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when Marcellus starts talking to Butch (Bruce Willis) about an upcoming fight he is going to be in. Marcellus has a lot of money on this fight and is telling Butch that he goes down in this fight. He says to Butch “The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride fucking with you. Fuck pride. Pride only hurts, it never helps.” Here Marcellus not only is telling him what to do, but also assigning value to certain things. He is telling him that pride isn’t something that should be valued, what should be valued is the money he is getting. Most people are brought up saying that pride is one of the most important things, without pride you’re a sellout. I just thought that was an interesting point.